Cortex Playback & Backup

How to review and save footage stored on your Cortex NVR

What you will need:

NVR

Monitor

Mouse

Step 1: Playback

Right click on your mouse and select Playback

This will then take you to the playback screen.

On the right-hand side is your option for playback where you can set the date, time and cameras you wish to view. By default, the unit will show you 1 camera. Drag the camera you wish to view into the empty window.

You can view multiple cameras by changing the layout at the top right and dragging the additional cameras.

You will then see your recorded footage start to play and you will see a timeline along the bottom of the screen.

Normal recorded footage will show in green and motion recordings as a spike in the timeline. (Please refer to the motion detect guide on how to set this up) You can click anywhere on the timeline to view that point.

Step 2: Backup

On the playback screen select the option for Incidents.

Select New to create a new Incident.

You will then be asked to select what cameras you wish to save and the date and time they occurred.

Once you have selected the right options, press OK.

This will save your incident.

You can repeat this for multiple events.

Once you have added all the events you want to save, select the yellow save icon on the playback screen.

Connect your USB device and select it as the Backup Drive.

Select the incidents you wish to save and press Backup Now.

This will save your incidents to the USB which can be viewed using a media player such as VLC or Windows Media Player.